Diwan-e Kabir

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Diwan-e Kabir is a celebrated collection of mystical lyric poetry by the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Rumi, inspired by his spiritual relationship with Shams-e Tabrizi.

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Label Occurrences
Divan-e Kabir 1
Diwan-e Kabir canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poetry collection
lyric poetry collection
mystical poetry collection
poetry collection
alsoKnownAs Divan-e Shams
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Great Divan
Kulliyat-e Shams
associatedWith Mevlevi order
linked to: Mevleviyya

whirling dervish tradition
author Rumi
centuryOfComposition 13th century
containsForm ghazal
qasida
rubai
tarji-band
countryOfOrigin Persia
culturalContext Islamic mysticism
Persian literature
dedicatedTo Shams-e Tabrizi
distinguishedFrom Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
linked to: Masnavi
focusesOn personal relationship with the divine
spiritual transformation through love
genre Sufi poetry
mystical lyric poetry
hasInfluenced Ottoman Turkish literature
Persian Sufi poetry
Urdu mystical poetry
world mystical literature
historicalPeriod Seljuk era
linked to: Seljuk period
inspiredBy Shams-e Tabrizi
language Persian
literaryMovement classical Persian poetry
mainTheme annihilation of the self
divine love
mystical union with God
praise of Shams-e Tabrizi
spiritual longing
originalScript Persian alphabet
partOf Rumi's poetic corpus
linked to: Discourses of Rumi
placeOfComposition Konya
religiousContext Islam
religiousTradition Sufism
style ecstatic
improvisational
musical
subjectOf numerous translations
scholarly studies on Rumi

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Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi alsoKnownAs Diwan-e Kabir
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi alsoKnownAs Divan-e Kabir
linked to: Diwan-e Kabir